• Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, & John Frusciante share writing credits on the song. Rick Rubin produced the track for the album 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik'.
• The music video was directed by Hollywood filmmaker Gus Van Sant. The music video was filmed in the streets and a soundstage in Los Angeles, California. The video won two 1992 MTV Video Music Awards for 'Breakthrough Video' and 'Viewers Choice Best Video'.
• The single was released in March of 1992, certified platinum by the RIAA, and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 & Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. It also peaked at #6 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
• According to Anthony Kiedis (Scar Tissue, 2004) 'the loneliness that I was feeling triggered memories of my time with Ione and how I'd had this beautiful angel of a girl who was willing to give me all of her love, and instead of embracing that, I was downtown with f*cking gangsters shooting speedballs under a bridge.'